Setting Up a MySQL Based Website - Part I

Introduction

October 1, 1999

By
Andrew Chen

In this age of the full-service
internet, the demand for bigger and badder
websites will only increase. To meet the demands of
these full-service websites, the SQL database
servers come into play. One of the more
popular SQL servers available for download on
the internet is MySQL.
MySQL is not released under a full GPL free license,
but for some applications, like intranets,
it is free to use. For most users, a $200 license
will have to be purchased. However, this price
compares very favourably with
other
companies producing database backends for
the commercial market, like IBM, Oracle
and Sybase.

Getting Started

For the purpose of this
demonstration, we will be setting up a
guestbook, using a perl and a MySQL backend.
An SQL backend solution for this application
would be most appropriate for companies such
as GuestWorld who run free public guestbooks.